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AIDS/LifeCycle 2024 Bike Ride Raises Nearly $11M for HIV Services
With seven days and 545 miles behind them, cyclists in the 2024 AIDS/LifeCycle ride raised $10,984,492 for HIV services. The annual event, which ended June 8, is coproduced by and supports the San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF) and the Los Angeles LGBT Center. The first ride took place in 1994,...
Progress Against Anal Cancer Opens Door to Screening and Prevention
When Daniel G. Garza was diagnosed with anal cancer a decade ago, he had never heard of the disease. “Do you mean colorectal cancer?” he asked the doctor. The doctor explained that Garza had a tumor on his anal sphincter. At the time, Garza had been living with HIV for 14 years. But he did not know that gay and bisexual men, especially those with HIV, have an increased risk of anal cancer.
New Definition for Long COVID Could Aid in Consistent Diagnosis, Documentation and Treatment
A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report says the federal government, state and local authorities, clinicians, medical societies and organizations, public health practitioners, employers, educators, and others should adopt a new definition for “Long COVID” — that it is an infection-associated chronic condition that occurs after COVID-19 infection and is present for at least three months as a continuous, relapsing and remitting, or progressive disease state that affects one or more organ systems.
Experts Warn of Serious Health Impacts From Climate Change
Pregnant women, newborns, children, adolescents and older people are facing serious health complications due to climate change, according to a new collection of papers published in the Journal of Global Health, and yet the specific needs of these groups have been largely neglected in the climate response. The articles document...
Bird Flu Tests Are Hard To Get. So How Will We Know When To Sound the Pandemic Alarm?
Stanford University infectious disease doctor Abraar Karan has seen a lot of patients with runny noses, fevers, and irritated eyes lately. Such symptoms could signal allergies, COVID, or a cold. This year, there’s another suspect, bird flu — but there’s no way for most doctors to know.
Novel Vaccine Concept Generates Immune Responses That Could Produce Multiple Types Of HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
Using a combination of cutting-edge immunologic technologies, researchers have successfully stimulated animals’ immune systems to induce rare precursor B cells of a class of HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). The findings, published [May 30] in Nature Immunology, are an encouraging, incremental step in developing a preventive HIV vaccine. HIV...
Biden Administration Advances Plan To Remove Medical Debt From Credit Scores
Americans would no longer have to worry about medical debts dragging down their credit scores under federal regulations proposed Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If enacted, the rules would dramatically expand protections for tens of millions of Americans burdened by medical bills they can’t afford. The regulations...
WHO Releases Strategic Framework for Enhancing Prevention and Control of Mpox
Mpox continues to affect people around the world. A new framework released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) will guide health authorities, communities and other stakeholders in preventing and controlling mpox outbreaks, eliminating human-to-human transmission of the disease, and reducing spillover of the virus from animals to humans. Mpox...
Safety-Net Health Clinics Cut Services and Staff Amid Medicaid ‘Unwinding’
One of Montana’s largest health clinics that serves people in poverty has cut back services and laid off workers. The retrenchment mirrors similar cuts around the country as safety-net health centers feel the effects of states purging their Medicaid rolls. Billings-based RiverStone Health is eliminating 42 jobs this spring,...
AIDSVu Adds Visualized Data on Stigma
With a goal of reducing and tracking the stigmas that act as a barrier to HIV prevention, treatment and care—as well as a hindrance to better overall health outcomes—AIDSVu recently added a new online feature, the JHU Stigma Dashboard that offers visualized stigma-related data. Currently, the dashboard tracks sexual behavior stigma in Georgia, New York and Maryland. Specifically, it includes data on men who have sex with men in those states. Additional data and geographic areas will be added to the dashboard in future phases.
“They Bungled It”: NIH Documents Reveal How $1.6 Billion Long Covid Initiative Has Failed so Far to Meet its Goals
The NIH made key structural errors in setting up RECOVER, namely concentrating funding with a small number of researchers and, in selecting those researchers, failing to prioritize people who had experience in studying or treating post-infectious chronic diseases before the pandemic. Structural issues with RECOVER fit into broader patterns with...
Unpacking the Interplay Between Autoimmunity and Immunodeficiency
The presence of antibodies that target one of the body’s own proteins was associated with severe infections that typically only occur when a person’s immune system is suppressed, based on a multi-cohort study of blood samples from more than 1,000 people. This study suggests autoimmune processes could be involved in the development of immunodeficiency in adulthood.
Food Is Medicine for People Living With HIV
A program for people with HIV that provides healthy food and nutrition counseling led to fewer hospitalization admissions, better treatment adherence and improvements in mental and physical health, according to study results published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. “Medically tailored meals and groceries, combined with nutritional education, reduced hospitalizations,...
Telemedicine Led to Higher Hepatitis C Cure Rate for People With Opioid Use Disorder
Facilitated telemedicine within opioid treatment programs helped more people with hepatitis C achieve a cure, limited reinfections and promoted drug use discontinuation, according to study findings published in JAMA. Results were previously reported at the 2023 Liver Meeting. “Facilitated telemedicine integrated into opioid treatment programs resulted in significantly higher cure...
Drugmaker Gilead to Pay $40M to People With HIV in Lawsuit Settlement
HIV drugmaker Gilead Sciences has agreed to pay up to $40 million in a one-time payment to settle a lawsuit involving its HIV med Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, or TDF), a component of several treatment regimens. Adrian Holley, et al. V. Gilead Sciences, Inc. was filed in May 2019 in the Northern District of California.
HIV in the Black South: Confronting Systemic Barriers and Inequities
Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee — a city known globally for its vibrant culture, music, and civil rights legacy — I’ve witnessed firsthand the significant challenges lurking behind the glamor: alarming rising HIV incidence rates. This issue is not unique to Memphis but reflects a broader crisis...
Sing Elton John’s “Your Song” to Fight LGBTQ Stigma and Raise HIV Funds [VIDEOS]
Sing out, Louise! Here’s a chance for you to belt out a verse of Elton John’s classic “Your Song” and raise funds to support LGBTQ and HIV causes—plus win a chance to meet the Rocket Man himself during Pride Month in New York City. What’s more, it’s an opportunity to praise a person who has supported you to be your most authentic self.
"Alarming” Increase in HIV, Syphilis Cases in Tennessee
In recent years, reported HIV and syphilis cases have surged in. ’s Shelby County, which encompasses Memphis, prompting a response from the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD), reports WREG-TV News Channel 3. According to the Tennessee Department of Health (THD), since 2018, HIV rates have increased by 36%, and syphilis...
CDC Issues Finalized DoxyPEP Guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued clinical guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis after sex to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs), an approach known as doxyPEP. This is a finalized version of draft guidelines released last October. The CDC recommends that healthcare providers...
HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2024
Wednesday, June 5, marks HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (HLTSAD). It’s an opportunity to celebrate this group of survivors aging with HIV and to also raise awareness of their unique challenges and needs. Search the hashtag #HLTSAD for infographics to share, events to attend and articles to read, such...
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